Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

My opinion: Change IT Leadership

We need a new CIO. He spent a tonne of money on the McKinsey for Digital Acceleration and all we got out of it was a bunch of consultants creating communications and training materials about digital transformation, a system to report about digital transformation activities, 80% of which don't happen and a bunch of people forced to report fake value generated from the ones that do happen.

He also came up with the cloud strategy which prioritises cloud over everything which ended up costing more then data centres and we've also had to hire a bunch of resources to try figure out how to make it work.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @OP+16Aspap1
Comment! It's anonymous!

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IT is amazing. Digital is a success. Every IT dashboard, slide, and metric confirms this.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @hetm+16Aspap1

Chevron is making all the right moves for their shareholders. Why would you hire a bunch of waste in the organization?

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @hknj+16Aspap1

Yes, change IT leadership so that after I get laid off there will be a better one for anyone who's left. Then when I get to a new company, if I ever do (doubtful) I will start complaining and whining again.
signed, the OP.

by OP, the pathetic butthurt loser
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Post ID: @3kme+16Aspap1

When ITC became a safe heaven for SCM / Lubricants / HR and those other rainbow parades front liners, everything started to deteriorate. You want a true digital revolution? Create a clear Project Management organization with specific data science skills, and leave the rest where they belong. By the way, WorkPlace does not move CVX stock, so quit sucking up.

by ITC
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Post ID: @2irt+16Aspap1

The whole digital revolution may prove to be a very costly mistake as all this machine learning is mostly smoke and mirrors. If we do some real data clean up and archiving it might get be a positive, but I suspect that’s just too blah for management’s current lofty goals. Watch as Microsoft and Mc. Slumberger just search files of all the laidoff Chevron R&D staff and real SME in the BUs for a few clues on finding oil and gas that they can claim as great digital revolution successes. Sometimes the grass on the other side is not greener.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @2fky+16Aspap1

what makes one "qualified" for a role like that? you can go down the entire org. we will have platform "technical managers" who are not technical at all. we will have drilling engineers or completions engineers who have never drilled a real well.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @2wnr+16Aspap1

CIO and CTO have always been consolation positions given to people who can’t make any other senior management positions. Look back, last few occupants had no qualifications at all for the respective jobs.

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @2atk+16Aspap1

Just replace entire IT, all together. They all worthless, leaders and doers alike

by Anonymous
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Post ID: @1ywu+16Aspap1

it's a little late for that.

by Anonymous
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